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Balooka

@shawcable.net

5 GB Limit

With your speeds I think it would be very difficult to hit the 5 GIG limit vzw has. Look for VZW to lift that limit in the future.
permalink · 2007-12-02 15:55:13 · Reply to this
ggultra2764

join:2007-09-13
Cambridge, NY
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Re: 5 GB Limit

What would make you think they would extend their limit?
permalink · 2007-12-02 22:58:25 · Reply to this
ydoucare

join:2003-03-12
Rensselaer, IN

...

NationalAccess, which is 1xRTT, can only do 144 kbps max, so your Day 3 test is either wrong, or you are somehow on a very terrible EVDO connection.
permalink · 2007-12-04 19:43:34 · Reply to this
ggultra2764

join:2007-09-13
Cambridge, NY

Re: ...

Has to be a bug with the speed test then. Because I was dropping my mouth in shock over how the download rate was even though NationalAccess's speed is comparable to IDSL connections as you've mentioned.

But what I got was what I got.
permalink · 2007-12-04 20:12:05 · Reply to this

ExtremeHobo

@myvzw.com

Re: ...

The limit states that after 5 gigs it lowers your speed to 200Kbps which is should still be plenty fast for most people. Has anyone actually achieved this limit to see?
permalink · 2007-12-09 17:24:48 · Reply to this
bullet087

join:2006-05-17

Re: ...

Very true. If your on 1x anyway, there is no way in hell you will be going over 200kbps (with EVDO, however, you can), so no need to worry about the 5GB/month limit
permalink · 2007-12-16 17:05:41 · Reply to this
ggultra2764

join:2007-09-13
Cambridge, NY

Re: ...

So if I went over 5 GB on Verizon's NationalAccess connection, I wouldn't have to worry about having my bandwidth throttled or being penalized to pay more for going over the cap?
permalink · 2007-12-16 19:29:22 · Reply to this

DRK0010

@myvzw.com

Re: ...

Verizon WILL cut you off and they couldn't tell me if you will still be responsible for the 'early termination' fee..
permalink · 2007-12-22 14:49:15 · Reply to this
ggultra2764

join:2007-09-13
Cambridge, NY

Re: ...

An angry, unsatisfied former Verizon Wireless customer I take it? Unfortunately, money's too tight for me right now to consider jumping service providers. Christmas shopping cost me enough money.
permalink · 2007-12-22 18:04:35 · Reply to this

DRK0010

@myvzw.com

 with rev.A and the newer hardware I am able to achive over 2Mbps download speed, faster than my DSL at home! (my service area is Washinigton DC/Baltimore area) 1gb over an hour is very easy to achive if I don't move my laptop too much from point a to point b..
permalink · 2007-12-22 14:56:39 · Reply to this

DRK0010

@myvzw.com

Sprint Vision

Just got off the the Sprint site and kept a transcript of my question regarding the 'unlimited' usage issue for Sprint Vision..

I am making the switch now.. sprint vision is a real 'unlimited' plan! unless someone really abuse the network of course..
permalink · 2007-12-22 14:46:36 · Reply to this
pete7973

join:2008-07-19
Florence, AZ

Verizon wireless business paradigm

You may be surprised to know, what I have come to find out the hard way. I recently moved from the Phoenix Metro area to Florence AZ. a remote area, to Phoenix. I had chosen Verizon for the past five years for my cell phone and wireless INTERNET connection. They both worked fine in the Phoenix down town area. Prior to my moving into my new home, I had always paid my full Verizon bill early, each month. Subsequent to my move, I found out, that inside my home, my wireless connection would not work at all, and my phone would ring inside the house, but any call lasting more than a few seconds would drop. I called Verizon, explained my situation and their first response was that if you read the fine print on your contract, Verizon doesn't guarantee service, INSIDE YOUR HOME! That's correct, they said thick walls, metal windows(?), etc. precluded them from guaranteeing service inside of a home. I asked to be released from my wireless contract, without penalty, as I could not work outside in 100+ deg. weather, but they said they would have to open up a trouble ticket to investigate the problem. Since transmitted power is FCC regulated, and the sensitivity of the wireless card was fixed(by cost considerations) by the designers, I didn't know what they could do, short of building a tower nearer or placing a node inside my home, but I agreed to wait the five days. 10 days later not a peep, while they collected revinue from me for 2 devices that no longer worked as advertised.(excluding the "no guarantee anything works inside the home". I made 4 subsequent calls each one wanted to open another trouble ticket, all the while I could not get online or use my phone unless I went outside and found a location that, for a given atmospheric condition allowed a short working call. No call would sustain a connection for 10 mins. I went from a "good" customer who paid in full early each month, for good service, to someone they didn't even want to talk to. EXCUSES, and no consideration of my plight, was their answer to my problem. I have to pay $160.00 early termination fee for my wireless card, as it doesn't work at all. I can guarantee you that if you go to Verizon with a problem they can't easily fix, they are no longer the "your problem is our problem" company. My answer to them is my family has 10 separate wireless phones and 4 wireless cards, and as each lease expires we are all going to another company that hopefully has a business paradigm, that includes some integrity, not just meaningless rhetoric. For the $160.00 they collected from me for their inability to admit they don't cover everywhere, will cost them 14 accounts and all the correct, but bad advertising I can put online. BEWARE OF THE COMPANY WHO EMPHASIS'S SERVICE, WHEN THAT IS THE WEAK LINK IN THEIR COMPANY!
permalink · 2008-07-19 18:35:17 · Print · Reply to this
ljs9249

join:2008-07-24
Lyons, NY

BroadbandAccess vs NationalAccess

Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help me with this? I wanted to disable BroadbandAccess and only use NationalAccess for the internet? My VZAccess manager automatically brings up both and I can't just use my NationalAccess to go anywhere online . This is driving me crazy and any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
permalink · 2008-07-24 20:34:33 · Reply to this

wade

@myvzw.com

verizon wireless

hey m8's i have verizon wireless broadband and i achieve a max of 1mb download/224kb upload and i have went way over the 5gb download limit that was specified in my contract but my connection has not suffered i hope this helps. =P =P
permalink · 2008-07-25 22:29:12 · Reply to this
ggultra2764

join:2007-09-13
Cambridge, NY
·Verizon Wireless B..

Re: verizon wireless

When did you sign your contract with VZW? If you signed up before March 2008, you don't have to worry about overage fees. But if you signed up after that, then you'll still have to worry about overage fees by paying 49 cents for each megabyte you go over.
permalink · 2008-07-26 00:00:02 · Reply to this
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